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New Drugs Can Fix Teenage Obesity, but Young People Don’t Get Them

Pediatricians are hesitating to prescribe medicines like Wegovy, citing their newness and uncertainties around them.

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Air Force Disciplines Personnel After Teixeira Investigation

Officers and personnel in Airman Jack Teixeira’s unit failed to take proper action after becoming aware of his intelligence-seeking activities, an inspector general inquiry found.

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‘Are You Going to Be the One to Get Rid of Santa?’

A family in a small town in New York holds a world record for having the most lights on a residential property to the dismay of some neighbors and the delight of others.

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Countries Most at Risk Call Proposed Climate Agreement a ‘Death Warrant’

The working draft made public at the U.N. summit in Dubai would not commit nations to phasing out the fossil fuels that are dangerously heating the planet.

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Countries Most at Risk Call Proposed U.N. Climate Agreement a ‘Death Warrant’

The working draft made public at the U.N. summit in Dubai would not commit nations to phasing out the fossil fuels that are dangerously heating the planet.

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Donald Tusk Looks Set to Take Power in Poland

Parliament rejected a new government proposed by the caretaker prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, whose party, Law and Justice, lost its parliamentary majority in an October election.

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Annoyed at Biden, New Hampshire Democrats Aim to Help His Presidential Campaign

Despite being bumped down the presidential calendar, Democrats in the state are planning a write-in campaign for the president, who won’t be on New Hampshire primary ballots.

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How Much Weight Comes Back After Stopping a Weight-Loss Drug?

A new study on tirzepatide, the compound in Mounjaro and Zepbound, gives an early indication.

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Trump Gains in Iowa Poll, and DeSantis Holds Off Haley for a Distant Second

Mr. Trump has a commanding lead over his rivals five weeks before the first-in-the-nation caucuses.

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Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Misses Court Date, Raising Alarm Among Supporters

The Russian opposition leader had been scheduled to appear before a district court via a video link on Monday. His spokeswoman said his allies had not heard from him for more than five days.

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New York Plans to Invest $1 Billion to Expand Chip Research

The move is aimed at drawing $9 billion in corporate investment, as New York jockeys to host a new national semiconductor technology center.

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A Quarter of Freshwater Fish Are at Risk of Extinction, a New Assessment Finds

A global update from the leading authority on the status of species shows that climate change is compounding other threats to plants and animals.

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Should Penn’s Troubles Force a Rethink of University Leadership?

In the wake of a controversy at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard over antisemitism, a debate has arisen over whether academics are best suited to lead big schools.

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Golden Globes to Announce 2024 Nominations

New owners have beefed up the voting pool in an effort to move the prizes past scandals of recent years.

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As Zelensky Heads to Washington, Russia Targets Kyiv With Missiles

The Ukrainian leader will be appealing for more military support from the United States as an emboldened Russia steps up its attacks on his country.

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The Rise in U.S. Traffic Deaths

What’s behind America’s unique problem with vehicle crashes?

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Gazans Mass at Border, and Pressure Rises on Harvard’s President

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Can an ‘Anarcho-Capitalist’ President Save Argentina’s Economy?

Argentina’s new leader, Javier Milei, is a right-wing populist with a radical economic plan.

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Biden Administration Chooses Military Supplier for First CHIPS Act Grant

The award, which will go to BAE Systems, is part of a new government program aimed at creating a more secure supply of semiconductors.

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The COP28 Climate Summit Has Gadgets, Networking and Even a Light Show

Outside the negotiating rooms, COP28 is part trade fair, part lobbyist jamboree, part debate tournament. And, there’s a light show every evening.

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Even in Washington, Weasel Words Will Only Get You So Far

Even in Washington.

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This Economy Has Bigger Problems Than ‘Bad Vibes’

The act of working needs to become more affordable and accessible.

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Will Guatemala’s President-Elect, Bernardo Arévalo, Actually Take Office?

Bernardo Arévalo, the most progressive leader to get this far in decades, faces a barrage of legal attacks aimed at preventing an orderly transfer of power.

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Record Rent Burdens Batter Low-Income Life

More tenants than ever spend half or more of their income for shelter, leaving less for everything else, taking an emotional toll and leaving some without a place to call their own.

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What’s Next for Interest Rates? An Era of ‘Peak Uncertainty.’

Federal Reserve officials could keep all options on the table at their meeting this week, even as data shape up according to plan.

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Was Maine Gunman’s Brain Damaged by Blast Exposure in the Army?

Medical scientists and the military are looking into whether Robert Card’s psychological collapse was linked to brain damage from his role as a grenade instructor.

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Ed Yong: Reporting on Long Covid Taught Me to Be a Better Journalist

Covering long Covid solidified my view that science is not the objective, neutral force that it is often caricatured to be.

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How NASA Learned to Love the Worm Logo

Decades after sending it to design purgatory, the space agency celebrates a logo it still calls the worm.

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Ravaged Israeli Border Community Ponders: What’s Next?

Kibbutz Kfar Aza was devastated in the Hamas-led assault of Oct. 7, with its residents killed and kidnapped. Some see the prospects of its rehabilitation as a barometer for Israel’s future.

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The Power Vacuum at the Top of the Crypto Industry

A year ago, Sam Bankman-Fried and Changpeng Zhao ran two of the largest crypto companies. As they grapple with legal woes, others are jockeying to lead the industry’s next chapter.

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